as a matter of fact the ongoing president briefing right now by press secretary jay carney echoing that as well saying it's al qaeda oops fight. saying in a speech early today at the u.s. institute of piece, these not sectarian violence, although it may appear that way on the outside. but, in fact, al qaeda, a which is now using parts of syria that it controls as that country struggles in a civil war, is staging from syria attacks in to iraq. this all comes in the face of a lot of opposition, a lot of disappointment on the part of both republican and democrats in the senate. writing a letter on the eve of this visit to washington, this three-day visit a using maliki of allowing his country to slide further towards another civil war. accusing him of mismanagement of iraqi politics of mistreatment of sunnies, and asking him to move towards a more inclusive government. on the issue of tear on, maliki had that speech this morning at the u.s. institute of peace, let's listen to a little bit of what he had to say. >> but the relation as a whole between the iraqi people is good. there is no pr